Hindhead Tunnel A3

[Robert C]

As you may know the A3 Hindhead Tunnel has been under construction for the last few years and is the UK's longest underland road tunnel.

It is finally scheduled for opening during July this year.

On Saturday a walkthrough the tunnel had been arranged. There were 6,000 tickets available in advance, they went very quickly crashing the website and leaving some another 10,000 people disappointed.

You were ferried to the Construction Site by bus from a number of locations around the area.

We were taken to the Southern end of the tunnel and dropped of to walk the 1.2 miles on the Northbound carriageway.

The road through the tunnel climbs, dips and curves so it's not a straight blast, very like some of the tunnels in the alps I've been through. Mind you I need to drive through it!

Once through the tunnel we were picked up by bus and driven back through Southbound tunnel to be taken back to where we had left the car.

There are average speed cameras located on both sides pointing in both directions

So a few pictures.


P1020209.jpg by robertclayson, on Flickr


P1020222.jpg by robertclayson, on Flickr


P1020253.jpg by robertclayson, on Flickr


P1020265.jpg by robertclayson, on Flickr


P1020287.jpg by robertclayson, on Flickr

The average speed cameras in yellow can just be seen in this picture.
P1020298.jpg by robertclayson, on Flickr

There are a few more on my flickr pages

Robert